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Re: binary logging, I think he's talking about providing an API to log objects directly into
byte buffers without turning them into Strings first.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1274 and https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-506
were created with that in mind and should be a good step in that direction.
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> On 2016/03/02, at 15:11, Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, I've often wondered about creating a binary format but it seems that you could
use JSON+ZIP or BSON and get most of the advantages.
>
> Gary
>
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com> wrote:
>> One other interesting thing I learned is that improper use of logging is a huge source
of performance problems. The GC-free parameterized message factory will help with one aspect
of that (I suggested parameterized messages, but he countered with the Object[] that is created),
and encouraging users to use a Supplier<String> instead of passing parameters should
help as well (especially when those parameters have to be computed). He had some strong criticisms
of logging APIs promoting bad practices which stems all the way back to log4j1 and affects
pretty much every logging API in Java (some criticisms were actually outdated or didn't consider
newer features of the API like markers and the huge amount of filters available).
>>
>> His other big idea was promoting the use of binary logging formats because humans
rarely read the raw log files as it is, but it's not like there's a standard way to do that.
>>
>> Now I kinda wonder if he'll find this thread one day and tell me how I misinterpreted
him or something. ;)
>>
>>> On 1 March 2016 at 22:28, Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Alright, I learned some interesting things. I'm going to get us some tools we
can use to try and profile this. Otherwise, he did suggest trying out this project:
>>> https://github.com/RichardWarburton/honest-profiler
>>>
>>>> On 1 March 2016 at 19:31, Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> So far he's said something about using lambdas for lazy evaluation (though
I don't think that would actually help us at all). I'll try to talk to him one-on-one afterward
to delve more into this.
>>>>
>>>>> On 1 March 2016 at 18:13, Ralph Goers <ralph.goers@dslextreme.com>
wrote:
>>>>> Actually, most of the tests have the commands in the comments right in
the class. Just cut and past.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 1, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't even figure out how to execute the simple perf test class.
IntelliJ gives me some annotation processing error, and doing it from the command line is
turning into a classpath nightmare to figure out what jars are needed to execute the test
manually.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1 March 2016 at 11:34, Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>>>>> Before the talk: Hi, I'm Remko, I help on Apache Log4j, are you
available after the preso to talk about some issue we are seeing?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mar 1, 2016 8:29 AM, "Matt Sicker" <boards@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm attending a JUG meetup tonight with Kirk Pepperdine presenting.
It's supposed to be a Java performance workshop type of thing, so if you've got a decent way
to ask about it, I could see if he can help figure out this regression. I can at least show
off the SimplePerfTest and any microbenchmarks we have.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 28 February 2016 at 11:54, Matt Sicker <boards@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Take a look at the git bisect command. Might help you
find which changes caused the problem.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, 28 February 2016, Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for digging in Remko. This is will be a
nice theme to publicize when you get it figured out.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 28, 2016 4:08 AM, "Remko Popma" <remko.popma@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> After removing the potential impact of appenders
and layouts by testing with log4j-core\src\test\resources\perf-CountingNoOpAppender.xml and
org.apache.logging.log4j.core.async.perftest.SimplePerfTest, I've confirmed my initial numbers:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.0: 7.5M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.1: 6M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.2: 6M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.3: 6M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.4: 4.5M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.5: 4M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.6: 2M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I tried reverting various changes made to AsyncLogger
since 2.0, performance improves a little up to 4M ops/sec.
>>>>>>>>>>> However, when completely reverting AsyncLogger
source to the 2.0 version, performance is back to 7.5M ops/sec.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'll try starting from the 2.0 source and getting
back to 2.6 functionality without losing performance...
>>>>>>>>>>> (Lengthy process...)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Remko Popma
<remko.popma@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the PerfTestDriver test class (in
log4j-core/test, package ...async.perf).
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mainly perf3PlainNoLocation.xml:
>>>>>>>>>>>> RollingRandomAccessFileAppender, PatternLayout,
all loggers are AsyncLoggers, logging a simple string without parameters.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Profiling with YourKit did not tell me anything
useful.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm now eliminating the effect of Layouts/Appenders,
using CountingNoOpAppender, and seeing similar numbers. So this seems to be mostly an issue
in AsyncLogger.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll let you know when I find out more.
>>>>>>>>>>>> There's a lot of trial and error here, so
this may take a while...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Remko
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2016/02/26, at 21:02, Mikael Ståldal
<mikael.staldal@magine.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which components (appenders, layouts)
are involved in the tests? Would it be possible to do some profiling to see if there is any
particular component which is to blame?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:51 PM,
Remko Popma <remko.popma@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To give you some rough impression
on concrete numbers for this trend:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.0: ~6M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.1-2.2: ~5M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.3-2.4: ~3-4M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.5: ~3M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.6: ~2M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, 26 February 2016,
Remko Popma <remko.popma@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're absolutely right. I still
have quite a few unit tests to add.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Initial perf testing shows a
downward trend in Async Logger performance with every release. (Logging simple string messages
without params.) This is worrisome and I'm focusing on figuring that out first: this will
likely involve additional code changes and I'll add more tests after that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2016/02/26, at 10:38,
Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wow, I love the activity
we are seeing toward 2.6! All the perf work on top of an existing sizable change set. Very
exciting indeed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There sure are a lot of changes
coming in. I hope that we all can pitch in to make sure most if not all of these changes get
code coverage from unit tests. I've not checked closely, but it seems like we may not have
good coverage _yet_, or do I have the wrong impression?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I want to make sure we keep
our stability in tip top shape :-) and that we have no regression from previous releases.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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